Ibzan William Middlebrook

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Biographical Sketches

• Biographical sketch and Confederate service of I.W. Middlebrook included in article about his wife, Mrs. Hattie Cunningham Middlebrook, Volume III, pp. 1481-1482. A History of Texas and Texans, 1914.
• Portrait and biographical sketch, Ibzan William Middlebrook, pp. 368-370. Born 11/28/1837 in Chickasaw County, Mississippi. Elected to the 15th Legislature for Colorado and Lavaca counties, 21st Legislature for Colorado County. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
• Obituary, "Death of Mayor I.W. Middlebrook," The La Grange Journal, 7/13/1899, p. 8, crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives. Reprint of obituary in the Colorado Citizen. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
• Biographical sketch, J.W. Middlebrook. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876.
• Portrait and biographical sketch, Ibzan William Middlebrook, Volume II, pp. 355-356. Born November 1838 in Mississippi. A Twentieth Century History of Southwest Texas Illustrated, 1907.
• Obituary, "Death of Mayor I.W. Middlebrook," Colorado Citizen, 7/6/1899, p. 3. Colorado County, TXGenWeb Project.

Military Service Notes

• Confederate States Army, 1st Lieutenant, Company D and K, 27th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Whitfield's Legion) (1st Texas Legion). I.W. Middlebrook (Ibzan), Texas, U.S., Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900. Ibsam W. Middlebrooks, U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. Idzan Middlebrook, 2nd Lieutenant, Company K, 2nd Texas Cavalry, captured in Franklin, Tennessee, discharged 5/8/1863, remarks: Fort Delaware. U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865. Ancestry.com.
• Confederate States Army, 1st Lieutenant, Company K, 27th Texas Cavalry. Military grave marker, Ibzam W. Middlebrooks, birth date 11/28/1837, death date 7/5/1899, portrait, burial in Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery, Columbus, Colorado County. Find a Grave.

Other Resources

• Account of the election of 1878, Texas House of Representatives, candidates: R.C. Saunders, Ibzan William Middlebrook, and Jahu Worner [John Warner] Johnson. "Early on, Johnson tried to distance himself from his Republican roots, claiming he had been urged to run . . . as an 'independent and non-partisan candidate.'" Jahu W. Johnson forfeited his seat when he moved out of the district; Johnson and his son Gail Borden Johnson had decided to move to Houston by November 1879. Alex F. Kinnison, a Republican and "black county county commissioner and school teacher," elected in a special election 2/17/1880; however, "the legislature never convened while he held the office." Part 9: 1878-1883. Consider the Lily: the Ungilded History of Colorado County, Texas.
• Census of 1880 - Ibbs. W. Middlebrook, Columbus, Colorado County, age 42, born circa 1838 in Mississippi, assistant superintendent of the penitentiary. FamilySearch.

Photographs

• Photograph. I.W. Middlebrook, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J.W. Middlebrook, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 15th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
• 21st session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.

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